God Talk

Peter’s Vision (“Stranger Things” Week 9)

For 2100 years, Peter, as a Jew, had been told, you are different, you are better, you are set apart from all other nations. Jesus promised a day would come…after they received the Holy Spirit…that the disciples were to take the gospel outside Jerusalem…all the way to the ends of the earth. But it can’t be easy to break what Jews had believed for over two centuries, so in Peter’s case, Jesus does it with a vision of a sheet being let down from heaven. Join us as we look at what was in the sheet, and how the vision prepared Peter to spread the gospel to the world!
Scriptures Today: Acts 10:9-16 // Acts 10:25-26 // Acts 10:44-48 // Matthew 7:21-23 // Acts 10:25-26
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If you don’t have anything nice to say…

What is going right in society right now? It’s time for us to start living like Christians and letting every aspect of our life be influenced by our faith. Only when we live out our faith daily will we see the problems in modern society begin to trend back into a more positive direction.

The Conversion of Paul (“Stranger Things” Week 8)

From Saul to Paul. From enemy to evangelist. From comfortable to hardworking. We often think of Saul as a misinformed but devoted God-follower, but Jesus Himself had firm words against the Pharisees, decrying them as evil. The supernatural appearance of Jesus to Paul completely turned his life around, and the same God is changing lives today. Join us as we dive into understanding who Saul was, and what a stark difference should be noticeable Before Christ and After Christ in our own lives!
Scriptures Today: Acts 6:8 // Acts 9:1-19 // Matthew 12:34 // John 8:44 // Matthew 23:15 // Romans 6:6, 11-14
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Time to redefine Christianity

Just because a church or denomination calls themselves Christian does not make them Christian. We are in need another Reformation in order to clarify what is Christian and what is not.

Philip and the Ethiopian (“Stranger Things” Week 7)

We commonly attribute the spreading of the Gospel to the Gentiles to Paul, and it’s true that he did the vast majority of that work (and suffered greatly along the way). However, there’s an interesting story about a non-Jew heading home from Jerusalem, struggling to understand the words of Isaiah, and that’s where Philip is guided by the Holy Spirit to intervene and lead to belief in Christ. Join us for this interesting story and all of its implications in our lives today.
Scriptures Today: Acts 8:26-39 // John 14:26 // Deuteronomy 23:1 // Isaiah 56:3-5
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Philip, Samaria, and the Sorcerer’s Prone (“Stranger Things” Week 6)

If we’ve learned anything from the Marvel movies recently, it’s that people getting caught up in their own power never really ends well, as there’s something more powerful coming to right their wrongs. Of course, to Marvel, it’s usually something banal like the power of friendship that defeats evil in a humorous way. In Scripture, however, it’s always God, and He’s always right, and it’s always at least a little bit amusing to see power-tripping prideful smarmy know-it-alls try to face off against the Lord of Creation. This week, we’re talking about a sorcerer named Simon who messed up so badly, the early church named a heresy after him: Simony. The lessons from then are still applicable now, so let’s open up and learn today!
Scriptures Today: Acts 8:9-23 (Simon’s story) // Acts 8:4-8 (Philip’s story) // Matthew 13:47-50 (Jesus explains the kingdom of God like a fishing net) // 2 Timothy 3:1-2, Proverbs 6:16-17, 1 Corinthians 1:28-29 (the Lord is *not a fan* of selfish pride)
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Time to evangelize the Christians

It is time to save the “Christians” and if they won’t convert then we need to excommunicate them.

Ananais and Sapphira: Lying to God (“Stranger Things” Week 5)

Advancements in science have led to “safer” ways to grow and treat the food we eat — but along with that have come a lot of unhealthy practices. “Processed food” is the enemy of a healthy diet, but why don’t we treat “processed faith” with the same wariness? We strip away less pleasant passages and focus on what tastes good, but we’ve lost so many vital nutrients along the way. Today’s message is one of them: lying to God has consequences, and going through the motions of your faith without actually putting in the effort is incredibly detrimental to you and everyone around you. It’s uncomfortable, but it’s true: stop pretending and start contending if you want to live!
Scriptures Today: Acts 4:32-37 // Acts 5:1-11 // Mark 3:28-30 // Leviticus 26:14-20 // Proverbs 1:7 // Proverbs 8:13
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Is God to be feared?

The fear of the Lord is the basis for understanding and recognizing evil. Hear how the loss of the basic understanding of the fear of the Lord has led to the explosion of evil in this world.

Peter Heals the Lame Beggar (“Stranger Things” Week 4)

It’s one thing when Jesus does something miraculous, but it’s another thing when God works through a regular human, right? So far in our “Stranger Things” series, we’ve talked about some of the supernatural things that God did, either in the form of Jesus or the Holy Spirit. But today, we shift to the theme of the rest of the book of Acts: what His *disciples* did. Today, we see Peter heal a man who had been lame since birth, and the testimony of both that man and the disciples as they share Jesus’ story. You don’t want to miss this!
Scriptures Today: Luke 9:1 // Acts 3:1-10, 11-16 // James 4:2b-3 // Mark 11:22-24 // Matthew 5:16 
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